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Musclenerd, of The iPhone Dev Team, announced on Twitter that they have released an update to the popular jailbreak software, Redsn0w. This version improves downgrading your baseband from the iPad baseband, 06.15.00, and adds a new DFU IPSW feature. Here's the notes from The iPhone Dev Team's blog: Happy 4th of July!  Today’s release of...

Many app developers out there have expressed their frustrations with Apple's app review process. The process can take a lot longer than it should, directly affecting an app developer's revenue on the product. Business Insider recently had a conversation with former Apple Senior Engineer, Mike Lee. He shared some insight into what he thinks the...

Looks like Rogers and Fido have rolled out some new changes today. According to an internal doc received by MobileSyrup, the GRRF (also known as the Government Recovery Regulatory Fee) will be eliminated for new customers (existing customers will remain the same). The charge will now be bundled into monthly service fees instead, which some...

Google has updated their iOS app, Google Places and is now called Google+ Local. Added to this update is speech recognition, an improved interface and Zagat reviews. The speech recognition is quite good and my verbal requests for things such as “Japanese Food” and “Coffee Shops”. I did manage to find a bug in the...

In a British high court today, Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC managed to defeat Apple in a series of legal challenges relating to patents, most notably the prized “Slide to Unlock”. Apple’s patent relating to the “Multi-touch” was also found to be partly invalid. HTC also successful challenged an Apple patent on the use of different...

For those in Toronto, you can now get engaged with the Crimestoppers program via your iPhone. The organization has launched a new free app to enable citizens to submit tips anonymously, protected by the Supreme Court of Canada. According to an interview with the Canadian Press: Const. Martin Douglas, Toronto Crime Stoppers youth and social...

BBCanada, the first and largest Canadian B&B (Bed & Breakfast) website on the internet, announced the launch of its iPhone app yesterday after providing 17 years of service to thousands of locals (via MarketWatch). BBcanada's website has millions of visitors and with its new iOS app, thousands of B & Bs in Canada are now available...

Last Saturday, Apple filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to acquire ‘iPad3.com’ domain and today, the request has already been granted as Apple now owns the 'iPad3.com' domain, TNW is reporting (via Fusible). The iPad3.com domain is now controlled by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, a firm that has represented Apple in the past. The 'iPad3.com' domain was registered in January...

PayPal's popular iPhone app has just received a major update that introduces a brand new feature i.e the ability to add credit cards and debit cards to an account just be taking their photos, along with some bug fixes and UI enhancements. There is also a new 'Profile' section that allows users to manage their payment...

 Michael Hainsworth has been a daily fixture on television sets since the beginning of the new millennium, bringing the day’s top business stories to viewers as an anchor on BNN, and on CTV evening newscasts across the country. As co-host of App Central - alongside social-media guru Amber MacArthur, Hainsworth has been sharing the best...

iPhoneinCanada's Trigger Happy Summer  This is the first in a series of some of the must-have accesories and apps to help make your summer photo-taking a memorable one with your iPhone 4(S).    The Land of the Morning Sun. They’ve brought us such now-staples in the Western World such as Hello Kitty, Transformers, Nintendo, Pocky...

Each week Starbucks offers a "Pick of the Week" card, which has a promo code to download something from the App Store or the iTunes Store. It could be a song, an app or game, or a video. This week we get a TV episode. If you pick up one of the cards from Starbucks...